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> People can drown on dry land from about a tablespoon of water getting into their lungs. Well, I don't think there's such a big risk of that. Falling into a p

> People can drown on dry land from about a tablespoon of water getting into their lungs. Well, I don't think there's such a big risk of that. Falling into a pool is something most of us have probably done. Being pushed by a friend as a kid for example. The risk of drowning is probably pretty comparable to the risk from the radiation (negligible).

quantumcotton 11mo ago
I didn't expect this level of ignorance here. Maybe reddit but this is crazy.
- haskellshill 11mo ago
  I didn't expect this level of unfounded ignorant hysteria here. Have you really never gone swimming and inhaled some water? Did you go to the hospital? > In the past, these terms were used to try to explain that some fatal drowning victims had very little water in their lungs at autopsy. Now it is understood that little water enters the lungs during drowning. Moreover, when water enters the lungs, it is rapidly absorbed when breathing starts again. The amount of water that enters the lung does not determine the amount of injury or determine the treatment of drowning. The amount of injury from drowning is due to how long the victim is without oxygen. Source: Red Cross
- IAmBroom 11mo ago
  Maybe the common factor isn't "everybody else".
ErroneousBosh 11mo ago
Nah mate, you've got it backwards. Even a tiny amount of water in your lungs is a trip to the hospital. The amount of radiation that guy was exposed to is roughly the same as eating a banana, or driving through the middle of Aberdeen with your car windows down inhaling all the radon off the granite.
- monkpit 11mo ago
  Your lungs can handle a tiny amount of water just fine. It’s not pleasant but it’s fine. You’re probably thinking of something along the lines of pneumonia, which is different than breathing some water and coughing it back up. For the record, I think the GP comment is way off-base saying drowning is uncommon.
  - ErroneousBosh 11mo ago
    No, I'm not talking about pneumonia. If there's a bit of water in your lungs, a surprisingly small amount, it causes massive inflammation and your lungs start to fill with fluid. It's called "secondary drowning", and it happens a couple of hours after. My water rescue course is up to date. When's yours due for renewal?
    - jjk166 11mo ago
      https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry-or-delayed-secondary-drowning?srsltid=AfmBOorE2cBH0vuKUQYYDJcMOXJY0T80nad-7OgpjYfOgUB-qmPkagl8 https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry...
    - haskellshill 11mo ago
      As the saying goes, "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing". Your "water rescue course" taught you something that's clearly wrong, as we see with the sibling comment, while my common sense and just everyday life experience led me to the correct conclusion.
      - ErroneousBosh 11mo ago
        Yeah, that Red Cross link is wrong. That's talking about things happening days later. If you aspirate a surprisingly small amount of water, especially if it's not very clean, then you are risk over the next few hours, not days. Maybe don't set too much store by AI-generated nonsense.

quantumcotton 11mo ago

I didn't expect this level of ignorance here. Maybe reddit but this is crazy.

haskellshill 11mo ago
I didn't expect this level of unfounded ignorant hysteria here. Have you really never gone swimming and inhaled some water? Did you go to the hospital? > In the past, these terms were used to try to explain that some fatal drowning victims had very little water in their lungs at autopsy. Now it is understood that little water enters the lungs during drowning. Moreover, when water enters the lungs, it is rapidly absorbed when breathing starts again. The amount of water that enters the lung does not determine the amount of injury or determine the treatment of drowning. The amount of injury from drowning is due to how long the victim is without oxygen. Source: Red Cross
IAmBroom 11mo ago
Maybe the common factor isn't "everybody else".

ErroneousBosh 11mo ago

Nah mate, you've got it backwards. Even a tiny amount of water in your lungs is a trip to the hospital. The amount of radiation that guy was exposed to is roughly the same as eating a banana, or driving through the middle of Aberdeen with your car windows down inhaling all the radon off the granite.

monkpit 11mo ago
Your lungs can handle a tiny amount of water just fine. It’s not pleasant but it’s fine. You’re probably thinking of something along the lines of pneumonia, which is different than breathing some water and coughing it back up. For the record, I think the GP comment is way off-base saying drowning is uncommon.
- ErroneousBosh 11mo ago
  No, I'm not talking about pneumonia. If there's a bit of water in your lungs, a surprisingly small amount, it causes massive inflammation and your lungs start to fill with fluid. It's called "secondary drowning", and it happens a couple of hours after. My water rescue course is up to date. When's yours due for renewal?
  - jjk166 11mo ago
    https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry-or-delayed-secondary-drowning?srsltid=AfmBOorE2cBH0vuKUQYYDJcMOXJY0T80nad-7OgpjYfOgUB-qmPkagl8 https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/dry...
  - haskellshill 11mo ago
    As the saying goes, "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing". Your "water rescue course" taught you something that's clearly wrong, as we see with the sibling comment, while my common sense and just everyday life experience led me to the correct conclusion.
    - ErroneousBosh 11mo ago
      Yeah, that Red Cross link is wrong. That's talking about things happening days later. If you aspirate a surprisingly small amount of water, especially if it's not very clean, then you are risk over the next few hours, not days. Maybe don't set too much store by AI-generated nonsense.